Braintree and Bocking Public Gardens

Analysis

Braintree and Bocking Public Gardens is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Essex. It was registered in November 1962, 64 years ago. Its declared purposes cover amateur sport, environment/conservation/heritage and recreation, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Braintree and Bocking Public Gardens reported income of £90k and spending of £59k, leaving 34% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £89k to £90k (+0.4%), an average of +0.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 43%. Over the whole period it spent 82% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Braintree and Bocking Public Gardens sits at the 83rd percentile: it is larger than about 83% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 69th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Edlesborough Community Sports Club Charitable Incorporated Organisation (£90k), 1st/3rd Bookham Scout Group (£90k) and Lanchester Community Association (£90k).